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A dissenting vote on "hideous"Posted by Bob on March 27, 2003 In Reply to: Re: Telestrate posted by Brian from Shawnee on March 27, 2003 : : : Does any one know the meaning of the word "telestrate"? I think it might be some kind of portmanteau. : : : Thanks in advance for any information. : : It's a hideous word, isn't it? I only know it as a verb and have heard it used by those masters of word mutilation at Microsoft, amongst others. It's a recent coinage to do with overlaying graphics onto video, usually in the course of a presentation, or maybe, if you have interactive TV, if you call up facts about the programme that you are currently watching which then overlay the screen. The provenance is fairly depressingly clear - tele as in "television" (a leap of faith from the original Gr**k "distant") and strate as in L*tin "layer". : I've never come across this word in verb form before. I'm familiar with the form "telestrator", which is an electronic pen used by commentators during sporting events to draw lines on a freeze-frame on the screen, to clarify some point they're making about the action. Currently the device is seeing heavy use on maps of Iraq. : I was somewhat surprised
that "Telestrator" doesn't seem to be a trade mark or brand name.
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